Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II For Combatants, By Paul Küst United Republic of Historian Norman Davies calls it

Historian Norman Davies calls it "the first constitution of its type in Europe"

He arrived in Singapore with his wife on the day of the Munich crisis and did not return home until 1941

overlaying crossed hammer bearing dates “1925-1935”

and dual screw plates

(Kriegsdenkmünze für Nichtkämpfer 1870/1871)

Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II For Combatants, By Paul Küst United Republic of Historian Norman Davies calls it(Schlageterschild ovale Form fr Kmpfer). Instituted 26 May 1933 by Schlageter Gedchtnis Bund e. V. (1933 1936 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with a dark patina, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised inscription of SCHLAGETER, in turn situated above a crossed sword clasp and below a Latin Cross, the former flanked by SPARTAKUS 1919 23 clasps with five